Gem
Ring
29-128-2001
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-2001 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Date Made | 1700-1850 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Sard | Silver |
| Technique | Intaglio |
| Iconography | Zeus | Hera |
| Description | Vermeule: Sard. Intaglio. (Modern Silver Ring Setting) Jugate busts of Zeus and Hera facing to right. Zeus is of the Hellenistic type, the features of Hera seem to be copied from an Imperial coin or portrait gem. Neo-Classic |
| Height | 1.2 cm |
| Width | 1.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 2001 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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